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  • The Quest for Antimatter

    Dr Glenn Patrick is a particle physicist at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory near to Oxford and works on one of the experiments at the Large Hadron Collider, studying the subtle differences between matter and antimatter. Usual time, usual venue.

  • Psychology and Cancer

    Leslie G Walker is Emeritus Professor of Cancer Rehabilitation at the University of Hull, Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom. Until November 2009, in addition to holding the Foundation Chair of Cancer Rehabilitation, he was the Clinical Lead for the Division of Cancer in the Postgraduate Medical Institute, University of Hull. He was also Director of…

  • Southampton Café Scientifique

    Southampton has its very own Café Scientifique, usually held on the first Monday of the month at the Southwestern Arms in St Denys (see map below). Full details of their programme can be found on their website but their events will also be added to the calendar and list of events here.

  • Upcoming events from the British Science Association

    The British Science Association publish a regular newsletter from which the following events have been taken. Not all events are listed, just the ones within an hour or so travel time from Salisbury.

  • The work of the Forensic Linguist

    Forensic linguistics is the investigation of authorship for forensic purposes. During the past ten years there has been a rapid growth in the frequency with which lawyers and courts in a number of countries have called upon the expertise of linguists in cases of disputed authorship. The texts examined range from questioned suicide notes, through…

  • London Science Festival

    Following on from the National Science and Engineering Week, there is also the new London Science Festival later on in the year. London Science Festival is a brand new festival for London in 2011, which was founded with the mission to inspire and engage the public in all things scientific, from natural science to science…

  • National Science and Engineering Week

    11th – 20th March is National Science and Engineering Week, run by the British Science Association. There are loads of activities going on all over the country; check out the website for more info! Get updates and join in the discussion on Twitter @ScienceWeekUK or become a fan on Facebook.

  • Alternative Medicine on Trial; A discussion with Dr Simon Singh

    This event is being run by Dorchester Arts in partnership with the Thomas Hardye School as part of National Science and Engineering Week. Lecture & discussion start at 7.30pm (Doors & bar open from 7pm) at Dorchester Arts Centre, School Lane, The Grove, Dorchester, Dorset. DT1 1XR. (See the Googlemap below for directions). Tel 01305…

  • Visual Illusions in Art, Birds and Butterflies

    Professor Philip Howse has published several books and numerous research articles on insect behaviour and ecology.  He has developed novel environmentally-friendly methods of control of insect pests.  After a career spent mainly at the University of Southampton during which he travelled widely setting up projects for the control of tropical insect pests, he has now…

  • Methane Levels in the Atmosphere

    Prof. Euan Nisbet is in the Department of Earth Sciences at the Royal Holloway College, where he specialises in Archaean Geology. He is a leading expert on atmospheric methane, CH4, and is co-ordinator of Meth-MonitEU, which is the European Union methane monitoring programme. Global atmospheric levels of the gas now stand at 1,790 parts per…